In the video below, purportedly shot over Memorial Day weekend, Yung Joc is briefly featured and introduces himself as "It's your n**** Yung J-O-C man, Swagg Team, Bad Boy, all that good s***. Check it out, right. Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood. The single "Wham."" It starts at the 2:28 spot.

This usually wouldn't be a story, but the recent hostility makes it one. Maybe they are working things out.

In the clip below, Atlanta music producer Nitti talks about his relationship with Yung Joc. In the past they have had some issues with each other.


At the end of the video, he says:


Not that Nitti can make it happen, necessarily, but this is good to hear. One thing: please stop blaming the internet for everything. Joc is the one who aired all of this out, when he spoke to Billboard and AllHipHop.com. The internet didn't make up what Joc said. Beyond that, again, this is good to hear.

Thanks Theo.

Singersroom.com reports that Yung Joc is featured on a cut from Pleasure P's upcoming album, "The Introduction of Marcus Cooper." The song is called "I'm A Beast" and the album is due out on June 9.

Yung Joc joins Ludacris, Beenie Man, Lil Boosie, Yo Gotti, Pitbull and C-Ride on the extended remix to Hurricane Chris' "She's Fine." Check it out at Prefix Magazine.

Yung Joc's Twitter shared a download link for an assortment of new, recently and not so recently released Yung Joc music. The package contains:

"Buy You a Round" by Verse featuring Yung Joc
"Plenty Money (Remix)" by Plies featuring Yung Joc
"Posted at the Store" by Yung Joc featuring Young Ralph and Gucci Mane.
"Well Damn" by Yung Joc featuring Nitti.
"Watch Me Make a Movie" by Yung Joc featuring DJ Khaled.
"Wham" by Yung Joc featuring Slim and Nitti.
"Drinkz On Up" by Nitti featuring Yung Joc, Gucci Mane and Bobby Valentino.
"Never Too Much (Remix)" by Gucci Mane featuring Project Pat, Yung Joc, OJ Da Juiceman and Three 6 Mafia.

Download here.

This came out nearly a couple of weeks ago, but for whatever reason, it didn't pass across my proverbial desk. AllHipHop.com has a remix to Plies' "Plenty Money" that features Yung Joc.

Yung Joc's Swagg Team Entertainment label has a YouTube channel named SWAGGINSWAGGOUT. Pretty much all of the videos posted so far feature Joc, so it's definitely a required channel for Joc fans.

Billboard's Monica Herrera reports that Yung Joc plans to sue both Block Entertainment and Bad Boy Records. This follows the rapper's interview with AllHipHop.com, where he said that he planned to sue Harve Pierre and Block Entertainment.

For their part, Bad Boy has reaffirmed their earlier statement, which is:

"Yung Joc's dispute is with his production company Block Entertainment, not Bad Boy Records. Bad Boy has worked with counsel for both Joc and Block in an effort to mediate their dispute, but it appears that these parties are still unable to resolve their differences. Bad Boy values its lengthy association with both Block Entertainment and Joc, and remains hopeful that these parties will resolve their internal dispute and get back to the business of making great music."

It's been a rough 10 days or so for Bad Boy. First, Day26 calls out labelmate Donnie Klang, then nude pictures of Cassie leak online.

Now, in an interview with Tai Saint Louis of AllHipHop.com, Yung Joc announces that he's filed suit against Russell "Block" Spencer, Block Entertainment and Harve Pierre, alledging "contractual discrepancies" and unpaid royalties.

It's a lengthy interview that you should read if you want to hear the entirety of Joc's side of the story, but here are some key points:

Joc says that he was never signed to Block, he was signed to Chino Dolla's Mastermind. But, even so, when Spencer brought Yung Joc to Bad Boy, they gave Spencer a label deal and a deal as if Joc was signed to him. According to the rapper, Spencer then used Joc's budget however he wanted. He infers that funds were misappropriated.

He admits to not putting his all in, when it came to promoting "Hustenomics," because of what was going on at the time. When it came time to do a third album, he felt shortchanged, suggesting that Block tried to offer him an advance, at $25,000, that was the same as he got for his first album and, as such, not in line with what he felt he deserved. "I ain't f***** with Block since December of '07," he says. "So, why would Bad Boy give him my full budget if they know I wasn't recording with him."

Meanwhile, the label (either Bad Boy, Atlantic or both) insists that he's signed through Block and, as such, rebuffed attempts by him to circumvent Spencer.

Louis asks something that was on my mind, as well, which was how the "Diddy Bop" collaboration came about with all of this going on.

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Yung Joc is featured on a new song from singer Lee Carr. It's called "Patron." Listen to it on his MySpace.

Via Theo.

Producer Drumma Boy has remixed Gucci Mane's "Never Too Much" money for his mixtape, "Welcome 2 The City." The remix features Yung Joc, as well as Three 6 Mafia, Project Pat and OJ Da Juiceman.

Thanks Theo for the tip.

Yung Joc is now on Twitter as IAMYUNGJOC. This was confirmed with a source at the label.